Labour MPs Fear Wipe Out at Next Local Election - as Chancellor's Career Is 'Toast'

Labour MPs fear wipe out at next local election - as chancellor's career is 'toast'

The botched effort to flush out backroom plotters and force Wes Streeting to declare his loyalty ahead of the budget has instead led even previously loyal Starmerites to predict the PM could be forced out of office before the local elections in May.

Labour MPs fear wipe out at next local election - as chancellor's care

Many Labour MPs have been left shellshocked after the chaotic political self-sabotage of the past week. Bafflement, anger, disappointment, and sheer frustration are all on relatively open display at the circular firing squad which seems to have surrounded the prime minister. The botched effort to flush out backroom plotters and force Wes Streeting to declare his loyalty ahead of the budget has instead led even previously loyal Starmerites to pre…

Labour MPs Fear Wipe Out At Next Local Election - As Chancellor's Career Is 'toast'

Bafflement, anger, disappointment, and sheer frustration are all on relatively open display at the circular firing squad which seems to have surrounded the prime minister. The botched effort to flush out backroom plotters and force Wes Streeting to declare his loyalty ahead of the budget has instead led even previously loyal Starmerites to predict the PM could be forced out of office before the local elections in May. “We have so many councillor…

Labour struggling to pull Britain out of cycle of instability

There was a time last year when it appeared that Britain might have finally escaped the cycle of instability that had convulsed the country since the Brexit referendum. The election of a Labour government with a landslide majority in July 2024 was supposed to draw a line under eight years of turmoil under the Conservatives, during which the UK was led by five prime ministers and endured a mini financial crisis.